Modern architecture and climate : design before air conditioning /

"Modern Architecture and Climate explores how leading architects of the twentieth century incorporated climate-mediating strategies into their designs, and shows how regional approaches to climate adaptability were essential to the development of modern architecture. Focusing on the period surr...

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Autor principal: Barber, Daniel A. (Autor)
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Lenguaje:inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press [2020]
Acceso en línea:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvr0qrd5
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Architecture, Media, and Climate
  • Part I: The Globalization of the International Style
  • Obstacles
  • Risks
  • Tests
  • Part II: The American Acceleration
  • Control
  • Calculation
  • Conditioning
  • The Planetary Interior
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Credits